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Topic: Make Your Mark- Heroes

Common Core Standards: RL3.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

RL3.5 Refer to parts of a stories, dramas and poems, using //chapter, scene// and //stanza;// describe how each successive part builds on earlier actions.

RL3.10 Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas and poetry, at the high end of grades 2-3 text complexity independently and efficiently

W3.2a-d Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

W3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

L3.2g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spelling.

L3.4.a Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L3.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.

Suggested Student Objectives: 1. Students will identify character traits 2. Students will monitor and clarify understanding of an article. 3. Students will plan a first draft. 4. Students will identify the parts of a research report.

Suggested Additional Readings: 1. __The Children's Book of Heroes__- William Bennett 2. __The Barefoot Book of Heroic Children__- Rebecca Hazell 3. [|Child Hero Article]

Resource Links: 1. [|BrainPopJr-characters] 2. [|Cube Creator]

Activities: 1. [|Interactive Scrapbook] 2. [|Understanding Characters Activities]

Assessments: 1. Weekly Test, Lesson 29 2. Hero Research Project Draft and Finished Assignment (students will work on this for lessons 29 and 30) As a class, children and teacher will create dictionary entries for the word hero. Reviewing the parts of a dictionary entry — the word divided into syllables, pronunciation, part of speech, and definition(s) —students will include these elements in their definitions. After they share what they've written with the class, record a class definition on colorful poster board for display. Students should refer to this definition to help them identify heroes in their own lives, in history, and literature. They will probably have more than one hero. Show projectables 29.9 and 29.10 to students in order to help them plan their reports. Students will think about who their famous heroes are (athletes, singers, actors/actresses, presidents-past and present, etc.) They will research this hero and put information into a cube (use cube creator link above). Research should include: -Where the hero was born, birth date, interesting family information. -What makes this person a hero? -Why does student admire this person? -The person's job/responsibilities -A picture of the person -Several other interesting facts of student's choosing.

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